Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1996/04/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 09:47 PM 4/16/96 CST, Sweendog wrote: >A lens carrier for the bottom of your Leica?? > >Sounds fishy to me. I used to glue the back caps of my Nikon lenses >together to save space, but they always came off. I never heard of >carrying one on the bottom of the camera, and since they are bayonet >mount the only way I would trust something like that is if it locked >on like it does on the M bodies. > Actually, it does lock the lens and it has the same metal bayonet mount as a camera. The one I have tried can carry two lenses and seems to require a little lug near the bottom of the camera to be secure. The lug can be found on M3, but is absent on M4 and probably M6. And I guess this is why the dealer did not recommend it. It is nicely made but, in my opinion, not very practical in actual use. When it's on the camera, you can't use tripod, or simply sit the camera on a table. It also makes the camera heavy, and the strange look will certainly attract attention. You are better off spending the momey on a decent bag or a vest. Regards, --------------------------------------- Gang Huang AT&T Bell Laboratories 200 Laurel Ave. 3B-216 Middletown, NJ 07748 U. S. A. (908)957-3524 ---------------------------------------